Author, comedian, and host of “The Daily Show” Trevor Noah shared how travel has shaped his perspective during a special Class Day conversation with Princeton students. Class Day co-chairs Michael Wang, Morgan Smith and Kamya Yadav asked Noah about his comedy beginnings, navigating “belongingness,”...

In a 2021 #TellUsTigers post, Jordan Salama ’19 shares photos and an excerpt from his forthcoming book about his journey down Colombia's Magdalena River, “Every Day the River Changes,” which grew out of his senior thesis. Salama was first featured in #TellUsTigers in 2018, when he used a...

Princeton University senior Nikhita Salgame has been awarded a Gaither Junior Fellowship, which gives graduating seniors an opportunity to work as research assistants to scholars at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Benjamin Press, a 2020 graduate, received the award in 2020. They...

by the Office of Communications Princeton University students Malka Himelhoch, Jessica Lambert and Claire Wayner have been awarded Truman Scholarships, which provide up to $30,000 toward graduate school and the opportunity to participate in professional development programs to prepare for careers...

Princeton University is proud to be included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Students. Each year, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces the top producing institutions for the Fulbright...

Isabella Khan, John McEnany and Natalia Dmitrievna Orlovsky have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, an annual award for outstanding undergraduates interested in careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.  One- and two-year Goldwater Scholarships cover tuition,...

Princeton University seniors Akhila Bandlora, Khiara Berkowitz-Sklar, Max Diallo Jakobsen and Ananya Grover have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse 1926 Prize to pursue international civic engagement projects for one year following graduation.Bandlora, a psychology major from Phoenix...

By Emily Aronson, Office of Communications Princeton University senior Mary DeVellis and Class of 2018 graduate Myesha Jemison have been awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships. The awards give outstanding students from outside the United Kingdom the opportunity to pursue postgraduate study at the...

Princeton seniors Jimin Kang and Aisha Tahir, and University of Oxford student Hannah Duffus have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of Princeton University’s highest awards. Kang was named a Sachs Scholar at Oxford’s Worcester College; Tahir, a...

Interested in taking a virtual global course this summer? The special courses included in this list are scheduled to be offered in summer 2021. Please note, dates and details included in this list may be subject to change. Check the program website or check in with the departmental contact listed...

Princeton senior Kiara “KiKi” Gilbert has been named a 2021 Marshall Scholar. The Marshall Scholarship seeks to promote strong relations between the United Kingdom and the United States by offering intellectually distinguished young Americans the opportunity to develop their abilities as...

Students who want to travel abroad must balance several questions: Where? To what ends? And when is the right time? Now, using a new online tool called the Global Arc, students can take a measured approach to planning for time abroad.  ...

September, the Princeton-University of Tokyo Strategic Partnership marked what its director James Raymo called “a full-scale resumption of face-to-face collaboration after a long interruption.” A delegation from the University of Tokyo arrived in New Jersey to...

Deborah J. Yashar, professor of politics and international affairs, was appointed director of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and the Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs. She assumed her new duties on July 1, 2022. Yashar...

Princeton University senior Marie-Rose Sheinerman has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Sheinerman is among 32 American recipients of the prestigious fellowships, which fund two to three years of graduate study at Oxford. In a statement, Elliot...

A virtual course brings together learners from across the globe — and gives them the tools they need to tell their own stories. In the Global History Lab (GHL), Princeton University students can study the war in Ukraine, the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan and mass...

Please note: Princeton language programs have language prerequisites required for admission. For more information, contact the language department offering the program directly.Dates indicate recommended arrival and departure dates for the programs.   Archaeology in the Field in Greece...

    Princeton’s innovative Novogratz Bridge Year Program will expand to six countries beginning in fall 2023, offering more incoming students the opportunity to participate in the tuition-free global service-learning program. Bridge Year will partner with new communities in...

Five Princeton seniors have been named Schwarzman Scholars for 2023. The Schwarzman Scholarship covers the cost of graduate study and living toward a one-year master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The Princeton winners are Class of 2023 members Benjamin...

Europe’s “Fit for 55” climate plan, through its bioenergy rules, outsources deforestation and sacrifices Europe’s opportunity for a beneficial land future. In July 2021, the European Union proposed a policy package that aimed to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030. The series...